Dreamcast 55: How the Cubs Saved Christmas

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Hey everyone, happy holidays! The Cubs pulled off a last minute present just in time even if it wasn’t our first choice in signing Dansby Swanson. Among the various fun topics from AC’s various very good questions include:

  • The fallout from the Carlos Correa drama session
  • How we feel about the Cubs as currently constructed
  • What the Cubs still need to do
  • …and more!

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    Rice Cube

    Both the Podbean embedded player and the in-Wordpress player on this page seem to work. I hope it shows up on the OV feed as well as I did what Berselius told me to do.

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    Rice Cube

    The bad man is going to be reinstated next season and the Dodgers will likely eat the cost and release him so I really hope the Cubs don’t even think about considering a passing thought about him

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    Rice Cube

    Good thread on he who should never be allowed to pitch in MLB (or anywhere else) again:

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  4. andcounting

    Rice Cube,

    Hard to believe a different Boras client went to SF, at least I thought Conforto was one.

    And I wouldn’t rule out a trade with the Mets for one of the guys pushed out by Correa playing 3rd.

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  5. andcounting

    Rice Cube,

    (dying laughing), I’d take Escobar over Bust, and I’d think he’d pretty much want a trade, but what do I know about getting paid $10 million to be a backup?

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    Rice Cube

    andcounting,

    Lots of Cubs fans pivoting to a Bryan Reynolds trade but I don’t see how that helps much unless they move someone to 1B off the starting OF and are okay with giving up a bunch of their pitching depth

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  7. Perkins

    I don’t have a high opinion of any front office’s moral standing when it comes to talent acquisition, but I think they all have a sliding scale of performance against headaches and an inflection point beyond which it’s not worth it. Carlos Zambrano did a lot of mostly silly hotheaded antics and the Cubs dumped him when he dipped below league average.

    Bauer is radioactive: beyond (probably) being a rapist, he has additional sideshows like Zambrano-esque on-field behavior, injuries from hobbies, and being a constant PR liability by beefing with randos on Twitter. I’m sure some team will prove me wrong, but I think he’d have to be a clear CYA favorite every year to be worth signing.

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  8. andcounting

    Rice Cube,

    I don’t see any way that trade happens in a way that makes sense for the Cubs. The Pirates don’t want to trade him and would only do so if they can rob someone blind.

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    Rice Cube

    BVS,

    For those that are listening including BVS please feel free to point out any suggestions or glitches you noticed, also would appreciate comments on content, flow, why I always sound like a fucking robot, etc <3

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  10. BVS

    Rice Cube,

    (dying laughing) on the Coda. Hope you get an upgrade!

    I don’t think you sound like a robot. I think you do a great job summing up what the rest of us say and making it sound like we had a point!

    I’ll try to figure out the headset issue so it doesn’t sound like I’m in an empty shipping container.

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    Rice Cube

    BVS,

    I think all things considered you sounded better than many podcast guests on other shows I’ve listened to, it was only a marginal echo. Since we don’t deal with a video feed a quick fix is to just record under a heavy blanket to muffle the echo.

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    Rice Cube

    Does paint a good picture of the Cubs finances

    If I were feeling motivated I’d just go through Levine’s timeline to do a top 10 all time tweet list for him.

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  13. andcounting

    I also doubt anything could ever touch Arson Judge for best sports twitter typo of the year, considering it helped burn Giants Nation to the ground.

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  14. andcounting

    Rice Cube,

    They may, but nothing is final. If they’re saying the deal is subject to get reworked, who’s to say someone else wouldn’t come in willing to gamble a bit more? I’m not confident this is getting done until the contract is signed.

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  15. uncle dave

    Rice Cube:
    BVS,

    Since we don’t deal with a video feed a quick fix is to just record under a heavy blanket to muffle the echo.

    Honestly, I want to see the video of you recording the podcast from underneath a big heavy blanket.

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